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Post by hisko »

The way to click for the filling shape now, is to click twice on the freehandline tool. As a result it happens a lot that I switch between two custombrushes that are freehandline tools, and that they change into a fillingshapetool.
I think in general this behaviour is undesired and disturbs the workflow.
For that reason I think it would be much better if the fillingshapetool would get it's own button, so that these accidents don't happen anymore.
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Post by hisko »

Another solution would be to change the way the "main panel" works.
To make it just like in Photoshop and Painter, using the right-mousebutton (or the doubleclickbutton) to select between filling shape and freehand (also at the other buttons, Ellipse, rectangle etc.)
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Post by Peter Wassink »

:?:
i'd think it would be more logic if the items on this list(see image) were absolute and not toggle

now it feels like a bug.
because you purposely set a button action to Freehand, but when you click the button you do not get freehand but freehand fill.

does anyone know a workaround?
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Post by ZigOtto »

yes, just add a command line :
Tool Mode : Default.

if, in contrary, you want a freehand fill button, add 2 lines :
Tool Mode : Default
Tool Mode : Next.
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Re: filling shape

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hisko wrote:I think in general this behaviour is undesired and disturbs the workflow.
For that reason I think it would be much better if the fillingshapetool would get it's own button, so that these accidents don't happen anymore.
I don't think so, as a non-Photoshop user, I 'm familiar to click once for line, and twice to fill shape,
and it's perfect for me.
if you want to have a single behavior per button, make yourself a custom panel
with separated buttons (see above), and use them instead of the main panel's drawing tools.
notice also that, without creating custom panel, we always have the ability
to set a shortkey for freehand (line) tool, and another for freehand (fill).
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Post by Peter Wassink »

ZigOtto wrote:yes, just add a command line :
Tool Mode : Default.
i suggested this to Hisko but then couldn't get it to work.
how is this supposed to work?

is the order of the actionlines important?
the thing is; if you click one freehand action after the other the second one will draw in freehand fill mode, if you click again its back to normal, again and your in fill mode...etc...



i have this and it doesn't work:
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Post by ZigOtto »

Tantalus wrote:... is the order of the actionlines important?
probably yes, or is it a bug ...? :?
anyway, here it works when putting the "FreeHand" line at first position,
before the pen and colors lines.
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Post by Peter Wassink »

ZigOtto wrote: anyway, here it works when putting the "FreeHand" line at first position,
before the pen and colors lines.
indeed it seems a bug...
when i changed the order it worked.

ai... thats a lot of work, to rebuild all my custombuttons from scratch :(
feature request... dragable actions... :roll:
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Post by ZigOtto »

Tantalus wrote:...
ai... thats a lot of work, to rebuild all my custombuttons from scratch :(
not so much, insert command(s) to add on top,
then none/delete the useless one(s) at bottom.
Tantalus wrote:...
feature request... dragable actions... :roll:
it would be cool ...
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Post by Peter Wassink »

ZigOtto wrote:...not so much, insert command(s) to add on top,
then none/delete the useless one(s) at bottom.
Hey cool, i didn't know about this 'insert a Command' great... thanks! :D
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